film festivals

[Kathy S]

Janey I will get you a phone number for the festival- i don't have it on me at the mo. i can see i will have to get it onto Beta SP- wont be easy in Hull- but theres a few places that might and i may be able to get it back onto mini DV eventually.

cheers for help

Kathy

[Curtin-Parloe]

Speaking of BetaSP, How do I (a thickie) go about the transfer? I live in the North West, and I have no money (it is grim up north )

Paul

[N. Foster Tyler]

Mini-DV is just a shooting format, not a distribution format. Why would you want to go back to Mini-DV?

I say get it on BetaSP (for fests), then forget about DV. You'll probably end up distributing on vhs anyways, after everything is said and done.

[marti-c]

Mini dv may be a shooting format but the point of my advice that she obviously wants to cut costs and edit it on a home machine therefore there is every reason to laying it back onto miniDv as she wont have a beta deck at home. The best cost efficient route is then just to get a simple beta sp transfer once and only once it has been accepted with the vhs submission.

marti

[miker]

although broadcasters (and sony) hate to admit it, miniDV is actually of better quality than BetaSP in most areas ... one day the dinosaurs will finally become extinct and we can all move forward.